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COVID-19 Pandemic Drove Record Medicaid Enrollment in 2021
… A record number of New Yorkers relied on Medicaid for health … for the first time in February 2021. Adults accounted for two-thirds of enrollment growth, rising by 356,677 to a … Strategies to Protect Quality of Care and Contain Costs. Two comprehensive efforts to identify cost containment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/covid-19-pandemic-drove-record-medicaid-enrollment-2021DiNapoli: Finger Lakes Group Homes Overpaid for Food and Supplies, Wasting Taxpayer Money
… The state’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities’ Finger Lakes Developmental … for coordinating services for approximately 1,500 persons with developmental disabilities living in 150 group homes … food and household items through a centralized contract with Palmer Distributing until the contract expired in June …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-finger-lakes-group-homes-overpaid-food-and-supplies-wasting-taxpayer-moneyDiNapoli Releases Bond Calendar for Second Quarter
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … a tentative schedule for the planned bond sales for New York state, New York City and their major public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-releases-bond-calendar-second-quarterMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2020 Through September 30, 2020
… by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments … and episodic home health care claims that did not comply with Medicaid policies; $738,903 was paid for newborn birth … code; $486,951 was paid for claims that were billed with incorrect information pertaining to other health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/21/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2020-through-september-30-2020Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… which included overestimated appropriations. The budgets for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13 called for using a total of about $3.1 million in reserves and surplus funds to finance operations; however, only $539,496 of these funds were used. By not using unexpended surplus funds and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2020 Through March 31, 2021
… 2014. About the Program The Department administers the State’s Medicaid program. The Department’s eMedNY computer … prior to, but billed during, the coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency that would have been denied had certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/19/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2020-through-march-31-2021IX.8.A Accounting for Federal Refunds – IX. Federal Grants
… adjustment voucher regardless of whether the grant award is open or closed with the federal agency or whether the appropriation/segregation is active or lapsed. See Chapter VII, Section 3 - Refund of … amount reported to the vendor and the IRS. When a refund is received on an open award and it relates to a lapsed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix8a-accounting-federal-refundsMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2019 Through March 31, 2020
… by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments … and episodic home health care claims that did not comply with Medicaid policies, such as claims for services that were … codes; $479,907 was paid for claims that were billed with incorrect information pertaining to other health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/20/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2019-through-march-31-2020DiNapoli: State Tax Revenues $2 Billion Lower Than Last Fiscal Year
… above January 2020, primarily due to strong estimated payment collections. Sales tax receipts continued to fall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-state-tax-revenues-2-billion-lower-last-fiscal-yearComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… also need to improve their process to effectively account for extra-classroom activity fund collections and … of School Food (2015M-358) Officials obtained food pricing for participating school districts at the lowest reasonable … but faced a lack of bidders to provide milk or bread to all school districts participating in the cooperative bid. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsOpinion 93-6
… of the General Municipal Law does not provide authority for) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Fire Protection (article 5-G of the General Municipal Law does not provide authority for town fire protection contracts) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … district. Town Law, §184 provides the exclusive authority for a town to contract for fire protection services on behalf …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 90-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … charges for the cost of publishing the notice required by statute and for the cost of the necessary technical, … p 99). In summary, it is our opinion that subject to the limitations discussed above, a town may require a developer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-14DiNapoli: Potsdam Audit Finds Missing Court Funds
… The former justice court clerk in the town of Potsdam was arrested for embezzling $117,000 after an … Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-potsdam-audit-finds-missing-court-fundsOpinion 89-15
… Inc. , 141 AD2d 509, 529 NYS2d 132; Cook v City of Geneva , 127 Misc 2d 261, 485 NYS2d 497; Cuddy v Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15DiNapoli: NYC Finances Continue To Benefit From Better Than Projected Revenue but Spending Pressures Remain
… New York City’s finances continue to benefit from … upside, particularly if pressured by unforeseen economic events, including a recession. Unanticipated revenue has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-nyc-finances-continue-benefit-better-projected-revenue-spending-pressures-remainState Contract and Payment Actions in July and August
… In July and August, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 3,988 contracts for state … to replace the HVAC system in Buildings 1 and 2 at the Academy of Fire Science in Schuyler County. $8.8 million … Health Insurance Programs Data Mart. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services $26.7 million to New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-contract-and-payment-actions-july-and-augustDiNapoli Urges State to Improve Nursing Home Equipment Inspections
… medical equipment by: Periodically updating the inventory form to add types of medical equipment known to be in use at … types of equipment in use that are not on the inventory form to aid in sample selection; and Requiring surveyors to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-urges-state-improve-nursing-home-equipment-inspectionsDiNapoli Statement on His Placement Agent Ban Becoming Law
… statement after Gov. Cuomo signed DiNapoli's legislation to prohibit the use of placement agents or intermediaries by … reputation after the previous administration's wrongdoing. It was clear to me that placement agents were corrosive and … investing with or committing to an investment manager that is using the services of a placement agent or intermediary to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-statement-his-placement-agent-ban-becoming-lawDiNapoli Releases August State Cash Report
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. While tax collections for the first five months of the fiscal year were $102.6 … provide a better picture of the state’s revenue outlook for the remainder of the year.” Through August, total, or All Funds, receipts were $58.8 billion, a decline of $1.1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-releases-august-state-cash-reportDiNapoli Releases Sunset Park Economic Snapshot
… The population, the number of jobs and businesses, and the wages being paid in Sunset Park, Brooklyn are all growing at a rapid pace, according to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-releases-sunset-park-economic-snapshot